SO who's had POSITIVE experiences with online dating sites?

I met my fiance on POF, and we have a three year old son and are getting married next year. That said... I met some really horrible men online that seemed perfect until a little into the relationship.

Met my now hubby online (thanks love @aol.com ) in Dec 99
Hey good people are everywhere online these days....you just never know.

Met a few exboyfriends online, we are all still friends, exhusband I met on a date site as well. (date.com)
Met my current online as well, he would say we met on facebook but not reall;y it was a free online site. We have been together going on 3 years and never had an argument.

I recently got engaged this past October and I met my fiance on eharmony. I signed up on March 10, 2009 and we were matched and began talking the very next day! I didn't even go on a date with anyone else....only him. He truly is my soulmate and I love him so much. I still can't believe he is in my life and we will be celebrating our 3 year anniversary this March and be walking down the aisle on August 25, 2012. If you are thinking about online dating, I would highly recommed eharmony. You really have to think about the things you are looking for in a partner and answer some pretty tough questions about yourself. I learned a lot about myself in the process and also found the love of my life! Good luck!

I met my husband on a site called American singles. We met in 2003, married in 2006 and have almost been married 6 years. You have to be really carefull on those sites. I met a lot of people that just wanted hookups. Including some married men. That was not what I wanted. You have to keep your guard up. You have to be able to read people well. My husband was so open with me and me with him.

My boyfriend found me on Myspace and we have been living together for five years now.

I've used them off and on for years myself, and have found the experience to be a great one. I've done some dating, had a few relationships, and made some good friends along the way. And even the dates that went badly at least left me with some funny stories to tell my friends.

I was just talking to a friend about this the other day, and I'll post here the same advice I gave her:

Be sure to give a friend your date's name, email address, phone number, the name of the site you met on and their screen name on that site. Any info you have on them. There are a lotta whack-jobs out there in the world (not just the online world, either...you can meet a nut-case in the supermarket, the gym or anywhere for that matter), and should something bad happen, someone should have that information to pass along to the authorities.

Thanks for the reminder, btw. I haven't looked yet today to see if anyone's emailed me, winked at me, or otherwise wants to meet me.

Great advice. I'd also add that now you also have to be careful with scams. Sometimes someone looks to good to be true and its cause they will try asking you for money. Usually not in the same state as you and is a widow with a child.

I've used them off and on for years myself, and have found the experience to be a great one. I've done some dating, had a few relationships, and made some good friends along the way. And even the dates that went badly at least left me with some funny stories to tell my friends.

I was just talking to a friend about this the other day, and I'll post here the same advice I gave her:

Be sure to give a friend your date's name, email address, phone number, the name of the site you met on and their screen name on that site. Any info you have on them. There are a lotta whack-jobs out there in the world (not just the online world, either...you can meet a nut-case in the supermarket, the gym or anywhere for that matter), and should something bad happen, someone should have that information to pass along to the authorities.

Thanks for the reminder, btw. I haven't looked yet today to see if anyone's emailed me, winked at me, or otherwise wants to meet me.

That's great advice! I tell my sister the same things she does a lot of online dating.

I had a great experience. I am "older" and found that eHarmony worked for me. I met met my husband on there the day after I joined. So, yes it was a great experience for me! any dating site can be a bad experience...just like going to a bar. But, at least most of the details are laid out for you before the first date. Best of luck!

i used match.com. my friend was trying to convince me to try it out, so i decided to look at some profiles. the first one i clicked on seemed like a guy that i could get along with and made me want to officially try the site out. i put up my profile and was on my three day trial, and he contacted me. we ended up being a fantastic match and have been in a relationship for about 3.5 years. we already know we're gonna spend the rest of our lives together and are planning to get married in the coming years.
people have to remember though that even when you meet your perfect mate, the relationship isn't always easy, all relationships need lots of work and understanding in order to develop into something strong and worthwhile. i say this because i have friends who put the effort to meet people online and then stop trying when a relationship develops, and it just doesn't work. so yes, there will be good and bad, but you only live once, and using an online dating site sure does broaden the pickings! i definitely recommend it!

o yea, and my sister is getting married to her fiance who she met on match, and my brother is already married to his fiance that he met on match. we all tried it at different times without anyones knowledge. :P

I've never used a dating site but I actually met my husband online. We met through a blackberry forum and began messaging on BBM, we met up a few months after and have been together since.

I had a good experience on match.com, I think I found a free week trial on cheapfree.com [it's a free stuff site]. Found my wife on there and haven't looked back!

Met my girlfriend on POF

I tried Match.com, Christian Mingle, and Craigslist for about 3 months combined. Out of the 150+ who originally contacted me, I only met 3 nice guys. I got so fed up with the late night "meet me tonight" chats (what part of "I love the Lord and am very active in my church" says booty-call to these guys??), the long email convos that never resulted in a date (waste of my time!), and the guys who brought up sex before we'd even gone out (MOST of them!!) that I just quit my account even though I had plenty of paid time left.

Some good thing about online dating:
1. The fact that I got so much attention, even if it rarely resulted in an actual date, really boosted my confidence
2. That confidence boost helped me not settle with poor relationships... after all, there were plenty of guys waiting in line ;-)
3. And I have no scientific proof on this, but I think that boost in confidence also resulted in other guys asking me out (that I met offline)
4. I got to try new sporting events/restaurants/fun stuff to do that I would never have tried on my own
5. One of my favorite friends I met on Match

The problem is, there are a lot of creeps! And I just didn't have time to keep wading through the creeps.